TY - JOUR
AU - Terzian, Levon, A.
AB - Abstract In order to assemble some evidence of possible physiological differences which have developed among laboratory strains of A. quadrimaculatus, and which might load to biological segregation, a colony from Wilson Dam, Alabama, was compared in detail with another from Bethesda, Maryland. Significant divergence was found in sexual activity, in that the former group mated at lower rates and exhibited a midwinter sexual diapause. The males of both laboratory strains tended to mate with females of their own origin. Biting rates on guinea pigs and chickens were also markedly different, the Wilson Dam groups again being loss active. In the third year of studies the two strains converged in these behavior patterns. No significant differences were found in other aspects of life history and morphology. This content is only available as a PDF. © 1961 Entomological Society of America
TI - Comparison of Mating and Biting Behavior in Two Laboratory Strains of Anopheles quadrimaculatus
JF - Annals of the Entomological Society of America
DO - 10.1093/aesa/54.3.453
DA - 1961-05-01
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SP - 453
EP - 459
VL - 54
IS - 3
DP - DeepDyve
ER -